We’re Rob, Jade, and Bob, the founders/writers/editors of this site. We’ve started Vagabond3 as a sharing place for our around-the-world adventure. Through travel reports, interviews, photos, and videos, we want to bring you along on our globe-trotting journey! Continue reading…

You may have heard of a geysir before, but what you are about to see is the original Geysir.  Of course, that is not what you will see erupt.  These eruptions are from Geysir’s neighbor, Strokkur, and, in the geothermically active valley of Haukadalur, there is so much steam and scalding hot water, you won’t know what to do with yourself.

Side note -- Also featured is Litle Geysir.  Will this boiling pit of furry one day reclaim the big Geysir’s thrown and overthrow Strokkur as the king of Haukadalur Valley?!?! Only time will tell.  Until then, Strokkur explodes every few minutes.

Recently, after a long time of putting it off, I watched The Cove.  As a passionate marine biology lover, I had put off watching it because I knew it would be so sad.  I didn’t want to put myself through the heartache and misery of watching such horrific scenes of animals who I’ve swam with (in the wild), watched from ashore and have interacted with at different marine conservancies around the world.  And I’m ashamed of myself.  I’m ashamed that while these poor, defenseless animals (who have only brought me joy and love), were being abused and killed that I was worried about my own emotions.  Well, that has to stop now.

Yesterday, September 1, the dolphin hunting began again in Japan. Even though millions of people and many countries have spoken out against it, they continue to hunt dolphins.  We can’t all get on a plane right now and protest, but you can sign a petition, donate to the cause and spread the word.  Please join me.

Watch the PSA. Sign the Petition.

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Cantina Laredo in Covent Garden

Warning: This is not a typical Mexican Food Tour post.  After reading over my notes from our dinner and remembering our experience fondly, I did a little research and fact checking via good ole Google.  (I learned my lesson after the San Miguel fiasco!) While browsing, I stumbled across several reviews that I would say did not reflect my experience at all.  Was it timing, an off night, or were the bad reviews a direct result of not enough Tex-Mex experience by the writer?  Because of these new found theories and questions, I have separated this post into two parts.  The first part is my unbiased review before I discovered differing opinions-  simply how we felt about the food, service and experience.  The second part disects what made our reviews so different than the others, and, by figuring that out, if we can better understand how different cultures process food.

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